Kochi Water Metro Work Progressing at Nine Locations: KMRL

M K Rai
-
0
Kochi Water Metro Work Progressing at Nine Locations: KMRL

KOCHI (Metro Rail News): Kochi Metro Rail Limited has completed 50 per cent of the piling of Water Metro’s boat jetty at High Court. KMRL has completed the construction of around 18 piles so far. KMRL has engaged 40 labourers through its contractor at the site and the work is at full swing. Other than piling other civil construction activities are also being undertaken. Construction of Floating Pontoon is also progressing fast.
As many as Nine boat terminals of the water metro are under construction. Construction at Vyttila and Kakkanad are at their final stages. “Construction is fast progressing at Eloor, Cheranelloor, South Chittur, Bolgatty, High Court, Vypeen, Mulavukad North, Paliyamthuruth and Kadamakkudy. Cochin Shipyard is expected to deliver the first boat soon”, it said in a statement.

The Kochi Metro works are progressing very fast and the Water Metro is expected to be operational on time as per official sources.

Workers from J Kumar Infra Launch Mumbai Metro’s 1st Pier Cap

M K Rai
-
0
Workers from J Kumar Infra Launch Mumbai Metro’s 1st Pier Cap

MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): The workers From J Kumar Infraprojects today erected the first pier cap using its new 29.5-meter tall straddle carrier for Mumbai Metro’s 15.18 km Line-6 (Pink Line) which will connect Swami Samarth Nagar in Lokhandwala Complex with Vikhroli through 13 elevated stations.
J Kumar is constructing civil packages BC-01R1 (IIT Powai – Vikhroli, 4.771 km) and BC-03 (Swami Samarth Nagar – Shyam Nagar, 6.079 km), and this straddle carrier has exclusively been deployed on BC-03, on the western end of the line.
This is the first straddle carrier to be used in India for a metro project and has a maximum capacity of lifting 155 tons. This is not the first pier cap of the line though. Both BC-01R1 and BC-03 this year moved on to the U-girder launching stage. BC-03’s 1st U-girder was launched in May and BC-01R1’s was launched in October. Package BC-02R’s first pier cap was just launched by MBZ-EIIL JV in November.
This type of construction equipment is generally used at shipping ports and large construction yards. It is being used in this project which will help it get complete on time.

Kolkata Metro Airport Station’s Top Slab Casting Takes Place

M K Rai
-
0
Kolkata Metro Airport Station’s Top Slab Casting Takes Place

KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): Workers from ITD Cementation India on Tuesday completed casting the top slab of Kolkata’s Biman Bandar (Airport) Station which will serve the city’s 6.87 km Line-4 (Noapara – Airport) and 29.87 km Line-6 (New Garia – Airport) in the future.
ITD was awarded this station’s Rs. 315 crore contract by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) in 2017 after it emerged as the lowest bidder, narrowly beating Tata Projects. Casting works for this massive new underground station, with 4 lines and a train stabling facility, started on Monday (December 7) morning and ended after 30 hours of continuous pouring of 1730 cubic metre concrete with the help of 20 concrete mixtures.

Besides this, workers on December 8 also lowered the final rebar cage (18m × 5m × 1m) for casting the diaphragm wall of a pedestrian subway which will connect the station with Jessore Road and the Airport’s Terminal.
Following that, 90 cubic metres of concrete was used to complete concreting works.

MAHA Metro Recruitment 2020: Salary Up To Rs 1.25 Lakh, Check Details Here

M K Rai
-
0
MAHA Metro Recruitment 2020: Salary Up To Rs 1.25 Lakh, Check Details Here

PUNE (Metro Rail News): The MAHA-Metro has released an official notification inviting applications from candidates for the Supervisory posts for Operation and Maintenance (O & M) department of the Pune Metro rail project on regular basis. The online registration for MAHA Metro Recruitment 2020 will start from December 14, and the last date for registration of online application is January 21, 2021.

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-Metro), a joint venture company with equal participation from the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra is implementing the Nagpur Metro Rail Project and the Pune Metro Rail Project in Maharashtra.

Total posts: 86

Name & No. of Posts

Station Controller/Train Operator/Train Controller-S1: 56 posts

Section Engineer (Electrical)-S3: 04 posts

Section Engineer (IT)-S3: 01 post

Section Engineer (Electronics)- S3: 05 posts

Section Engineer (Mechanical)- S3: 01 post

Junior Engineer (Electrical)-S1: 08 posts

Junior Engineer (Electronics)-S1: 03 posts

Junior Engineer (Mechanical)-S1: 06 posts

Junior Engineer (Civil)-S1: 02 posts

Educational qualification required:


Station Controller/Train Operator/Train Controller-S1: Three years Engineering Diploma in Electrical/ Electronics/Mechanical/ branch from a Government recognised board/university/institute.

Section Engineer (Electrical)-S3: Four years Engineering degree in Electrical branch from a Government recognised board/university/institute.

Section Engineer (IT)- S3: Four years Engineering degree in IT/ Computer Engineering branch from a Government recognised board/university/institute.

Bullet Train Connectivity Between Delhi and Ayodhya Soon

M K Rai
-
0
Bullet Train Connectivity Between Delhi and Ayodhya Soon

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Ayodhya is all set to get bullet train connectivity. According to a report, the Delhi-Varanasi corridor, for which the detailed project is being chalked out, will connect popular spots such as Mathura, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Agra, Jewar airport. 
According to the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), which is responsible for preparing the detailed report, the train will also connect Lucknow, Etawah, Bhadohi, and Raebareli. Reports state that the corridor will cover highways, ghats, densely populated urban and rural areas, roads, and green fields. 
The NHSRCL is also implementing the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. Light Detection and Ranging Survey (LiDAR), which is a laser equipment on a helicopter for the ground survey, shall be implemented for the Delhi-Varanasi corridor. It will be crucial for implementing the fastest possible route for the train. Till now, the LiDAR technology has been used in the highways sector for the ground survey and finalizing alignment, and to get approximate details on the ground in the quickest possible time. The said technique further uses a combination of GPS data, laser data, flight parameters and actual photographs to give accurate survey data. 
It has been witnessed that the said technology has helped to create DPRs for highway projects, which has helped to zero down on the acquisition of the exact land for construction purposes. LiDAR was also used for the Mumbai- Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, majorly because of its high accuracy. 

Chinese Kite String (Manjha) Continues to Create Problems in Operations of Lucknow Metro

M K Rai
-
0
Chinese Kite String (Manjha) Continues to Create Problems in Operations of Lucknow Metro

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation is facing a big challenge in Lucknow because of Chinese manjha, which is used by kite enthusiasts with more than 500 disruptions recorded in three years due to the banned strings. The banned kite manjha that are made in China, have traces of metals which damages the UPMRC’s OHE system, causing disruption in services.

A senior UPMRC officer said that despite the corporation’s stringent appeals to people not to fly kites near the metro corridor, incidents of damaging of overhead wire from the Chinese manjha have been recorded, due to which metro services were disrupted. According to the officer, the OHE line near the Lucknow University metro station, on Monday, tripped because of Chinese manjha around 8:30 PM. Due to this, services were briefly interrupted.

The restoration of metro services was done by diverting the metro to the second line. At the Mahanagar police station, an FIR has been lodged, a statement by the UPMRC said. As many as 508 such cases came to notice in the past three years against people flying kites near the metro tracks using Chinese manjha.

According to a UPMRC Official, there is a provision of 10 years’ imprisonment under the Metro Railway Act, 2002 for damage to metro property and that too without a warrant. Also, it is important for people to understand that even when the metro trains are not running on the corridor or when the passenger services are stopped (between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM), the overhead wires are charged and an electric current is present.

Alstom joins the climate “A-List”, CDP 2020 Recognises The Company’s Leading Efforts On Climate Change

M K Rai
-
0
Alstom joins the climate “A-List”, CDP 2020 Recognises The Company’s Leading Efforts On Climate Change

CDP 2020 recognises the company’s leading efforts on climate change.

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Alstom has attained the highest possible score of “A” in the 2020 annual assessment for transparency and leadership on climate issues, run by global environmental non-profit CDP. This shows an improvement over last year’s score of “A-“, underlining Alstom’s commitment, robust policy and demonstrable actions to cut emissions and contribute to the development of the low-carbon economy. Alstom is one of a small number of high-performing companies out of 5,800+ that were scored.  

“As we mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, we are delighted to find ourselves for the first time on the famous A List of the CDP. This outcome demonstrates our sustained commitment and strong performance when it comes to energy and climate challenges. Supporting energy transition and decarbonisation in transport is at the heart of everything we do at Alstom,” said Cecile Texier, Alstom Vice President of Sustainability & CSR.
Alstom’s strategy Alstom in Motion sets ambitious environmental objectives for 2025, including a 25 % reduction in the energy consumption from solutions (vs. 2014), supplying 100% of the company’s electricity consumption from renewable sources, and for 100 % of newly developed solutions to be eco-designed.
The CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) is a not-for-profit organisation that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to measure and manage their environmental impacts. A detailed and independent methodology is used by CDP to assess companies, allocating a score of A to D- based on the comprehensiveness of disclosure, awareness and management of climate risks and demonstration of best practices associated with environmental leadership, such as setting ambitious and meaningful targets. In 2020, over 9,600 companies disclosed through CDP platform.

About Alstom


Leading the way to a greener and smarter mobility worldwide, Alstom develops and markets integrated systems that provide sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Alstom offers a complete range of equipment and services, from high-speed trains, metros, trams and e-buses to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Alstom recorded sales of €8.2 billion and booked orders of €9.9 billion in the 2019/20 fiscal year. Headquartered in France, Alstom is present in over 60 countries and employs 38,900 people.

Symbroj Media Publishes December 2020 Edition of Metro Rail News Magazine

Metro Rail News
-
0
Symbroj Media Publishes December 2020 Edition of Metro Rail News Magazine

Symbroj Media published the December issue of the Metro Rail News Magazine today. With this, it has successfully published 48th issues of the magazine.

Metro Rail News is an exclusive platform which brings the news and insights to you straight from the Metro and Rail Sectors of India. It further brings opinions from the desks of the decision-maker people of the sector.

In this issue, the magazine features the first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) of the country which is coming up in the NCR region covering Meerut, Ghaziabad and Delhi. The RRTS is not only going to solve the problems related to urban transit system but it will also help in building a greater NCR with its boundaries touching Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Interior regions of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

In this perspective, the RRTS is going to become a project of huge importance to the people of not only the NCR region but of the whole country. It will surely boost the connectivity in the area with its enhanced features which will further provide an efficient and effective mode of public Public Transport.

This issue of the magazine covers an interview of Mr Steve Cockerell and Mr Dan Vogen of Bentley Systems along with the special focus on topics like Child-Friendly Mobility and UTO.

“The magazine brings news about all the recent happenings and developments of the Metro and Rail Sectors. We are working continuously to keep you updated about the industry during the pandemic and we continue to do so for your cooperation and support”, says Mr Narendra Shah, Managing Editor of Metro Rail News Magazine.

“We are helping the businesses out with making them aware about the recent developments in the Metro and Rail Sectors and seek the engagement of the audience in future as well”, Mrs Priyanka Sahu Director of Business Development at Symbroj Media said.

To read the Metro Rail News Dec 2020 issue, kindly subscribe

Click here to Subscribe Now!

Know about the Latest Innovation Strategy of Metro Rail News to promote your sales, branding, increase market share in Metro & Railway Industry of India.

Book Your Advertisement in Next Issue

India’s 1st RRTS Corridor to become Operational By the Year 2023

M K Rai
-
0
India’s 1st RRTS Corridor to become Operational By the Year 2023

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): With financing concerns having been resolved after loan approval from multilateral institutions in recent months, India’s urban transport landscape is set for a major transformation when the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor, India’s first regional rapid transit system (RRTS), becomes operational in 2023, ushering seamless connectivity in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The corridor would connect regional nodes in NCR and shorten the Delhi-Meerut transit to less than 60 minutes from the 3-4 hours taken by road, besides reducing congestion and pollution. With a project cost of Rs 30,274 crore, the 82-km-long corridor is one of the three high priority corridors to be built by the NCRTC, carrying 100% India-made, aerodynamic trains with a design speed of 180 kmph.

The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS is estimated to have a daily ridership of more than 7,40,000 passengers by 2024 and 1.1 million passengers by 2041.

Work is now in full swing on a more than 50-km stretch– from Sahibabad to Shatabdi Nagar (Meerut), including the construction of Ghaziabad, Sahibabad, Guldhar and Duhai stations – of the project. While a 17-km priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai is scheduled to commence operations in 2023, the entire corridor would be opened to the public by 2025. 

The RRTS rolling stock is being manufactured by Bombardier at Savli in Gujarat under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative, using 83% local content. The NCRTC would procure 30 train sets of 6 cars each to operate services on the corridor.

Hyderabad Metro wins 8 Garden Fest prizes

M K Rai
-
0
Hyderabad Metro wins 8 Garden Fest prizes

HYDERABAD (Metro Rail News): Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) has won eight prizes in the 6th Telangana Garden Festival 2020 conducted by the State government of Telangana. This includes five first prizes and three-second prizes ‘for development of greenery’ in different categories,  its Managing Director, NVS Reddy said.

The MD said, “we have sent eight entries and bagged prizes in all the categories”. He added though HMRL has limited areas, it has developed theme-based gardens and won so many awards and HMRL has been participating in the TS Garden Festival for four years and receiving awards in large numbers.
“HMRL gives top priority for greenery development under the Metro viaducts, besides avenue plantation and thus contributing for the control of pollution in the city”, he added. HMRL’s Senior Horticulture Officer S Sainath received the prizes at a function organised at Public Gardens. The Hyderabad Metro is the only metro project being run and managed by a private player.

After the resumption of Services, Delhi Metro Manages to Maintain Average Daily Ridership

M K Rai
-
0
After the resumption of Services, Delhi Metro Manages to Maintain Average Daily Ridership

NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Nearly three months after it was opened to the public after a five-month hiatus, Delhi Metro has managed to reach nearly a quarter of its pre-Covid daily footfall of 6 million.
On November 30, as many as 1.3-million riders travelled via the mass rapid transit network. This may be a sign of significant improvement from the date of resumption of services, but it is just 22 per cent of the 6-million average daily ridership of Delhi Metro before the lockdown restrictions were imposed in March this year.
While the ridership has seen a consistent increase since the services resumed on September 7, it is yet to touch the average daily ridership of the pre-Covid era.
Delhi Metro services resumed as part of the Union government’s Unlock 4.0 guidelines. The resumption started with the graded opening of some Metro lines. Other lines were made operational in phases before the entire network of 400 km was thrown open on September 12.
Many shifted to the Metro for their daily commute since they were either relying on bus service or ride-hailing aggregators, besides private modes of transportation.
The first few hours of the service resumption saw barely 8,300 passengers. But within a week of restarting operations, the ridership went up to 249,884. According to the official Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) data, as many as 619,242 passengers took the Metro daily in the month of September. The average daily ridership touched 1.22 million in October and jumped further to 1.33 million in November.

* With inputs from PTI.

NMRC Records Highest Ridership On First Weekday after Resumption of Its Services

M K Rai
-
0
NMRC Records Highest Ridership On First Weekday after Resumption of Its Services

NOIDA (Metro Rail News): Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) witnessed the highest ridership on Monday i.e. 07.12.2020 of 9210 passengers since resuming of services after the lockdown on 07.09.2020. NMRC has witnessed a massive increase in ridership three (03) months of resuming services after lockdown.  

“The services on the Aqua Line were resumed after almost five months of lockdown on 7th September 2020 with partial services. NMRC had ensured all precautions necessary for the prevention of the spread of the Covid 19 virus before resuming services on the Aqua Line. The first day of operations had recorded a ridership of 600 passengers”, it said in a statement.  

On 12th September 2020, NMRC had resumed full-fledged operations on the Aqua Line and had recorded a ridership of 2148 passengers. Since then the ridership of NMRC has seen a steady rise.  Since then Aqua-Line has witnessed an encouraging and upward trend since resuming operations after the lockdown. This rise can be attributed to the fact that passengers have faith in the safety standards of NMRC and consider the Aqua Line as a safe and secure mode of public transport during the Covid 19 pandemic.  

“NMRC is taking all necessary measures to ensure a safe journey for Aqua-Line commuters. The NMRC trains are also fully sanitised after each trip. The stations, platform and other “contact areas” like Call buttons of lifts, AFC gates, Handle belts of Escalators & Staircases, POS machines etc. are also sanitised at regular intervals”, the statement added.  “The E- Rickshaws are also regularly sanitised after every journey. NMRC staff have been deployed at the station to ensure that passengers follow the government guidelines of wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing”, said an official.  

Only the passengers with face mask are allowed inside the stations and every passenger is screened for temperature with Thermal Sensors. To ensure adequate Social distance, markings for standing the passengers have been made at 1 metre spacing at frisking zones, TOM counters and Platforms. NMRC is also spreading the message of using cashless ticketing options among its commuters like the use of Smart Card and QR code generated by NMRCs mobile App. 

NMRC currently has 3 ticketing options :
1. Use of Contactless Smart Card

2. Use of QR code generated by NMRCs Mobile App. This QR code can also be scanned without touching the smartphone with the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) gates. 

3. Use of paper generated QR Code which can be purchased from the Metro stations.


NMRC is encouraging its commuters to use the first two options as much as possible to help in minimising human contact and help in keeping our commuters safe.

Kite Flyers Cause Damage To Lucknow Metro’s Over Head Electrification, Further Causes Disruption in Passenger Services

M K Rai
-
0
Kite Flyers Cause Damage To Lucknow Metro’s Over Head Electrification, Further Causes Disruption in Passenger Services

LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): Despite stringent appeals by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) of abstaining people from kite flying near the metro corridor, various incidents of overcrowding of the overhead wire with the Chinese manjha have been reported. “Recently, due to such irresponsible acts services of the metro rail were disrupted. On 07.12.2020, the OHE line near Vishwavidyalaya metro station was tripped due to Chinese manjha and the metro services were briefly interrupted for some time. This short circuit occurred due to the tripping of OHE line damaged the insulator which was changed in the late evening. However, the services were restored by diverting the metro to the second line. The FIR of this incident has been lodged at Mahanagar police station”, a statement by the UPMRC read.

“It should be known that in the last 3 years, due to Chinese manjha, 508 such cases have been registered by the Uttar Pradesh Metro whose police complaints have been filed so that the disciplinary action can be taken. According to Section 78 (Crime and Punishment) of Section 11 (Crime and Punishment) of Metro Railway Act 2002, there is a provision of 10 years’ imprisonment for the person causing damage to Metro property and that too without a warrant”, it added.
The Chinese thread(Manjha) used for flying kites inhibits the quality of being a good conductor of electricity which causes short-circuit and incurs immense damage to the OHE.
Additionally, usage of copper wire or a metallic wire embedded with thorns trigger such incidents which become one of the reason for causing injury to the people and birds.
Earlier, due to the use of Chinese-thread(Manjha), several people have suffered severe injuries on their throat and eye. Noticing this trend in November 2015, public interest litigation was filed at Allahabad High Court considering which stringent action was taken and sale of Chinese thread(Manjha) was banned in Uttar Pradesh. UPMRC has been continuously running various public awareness campaigns through rickshaw-audio-announcement and other sources in the areas where such incidents are reported every day.
The OHE line of the metro supplies the power of 25 thousand volts or a voltage of 25 kV and due to entanglement of the kite, a kite flier can also get an electric shock causing fatal injury or death. Considering such a situation, UPMRC appeals to all the citizens to cooperate in its campaign of halting the usage of Chinese thread or copper wire while flying kites near the metro corridor. It also requests that as a responsible citizen, people should abstain themselves from flying kites near the metro corridor. It is a punishable offence that damages the property of the country and the common people.

K-Rail protest may decide the poll outcome in Kozhikode

M K Rai
-
0
K-Rail protest may decide the poll outcome in Kozhikode

KOZHIKODE (Metro Rail News): The proposed semi-high-speed rail project has become the hot poll topic in the coastal areas of the district with indefinite agitation against the project going on in at least 10 spots along the proposed alignment of the project. The indefinite satyagraha at Kattilpedika in Chemancherry panchayat has crossed 64 days and residents, including women, are participating in the stir. The agitation at Moodadi panchayat has been going on for 43 days.

The issue became a major poll topic with UDF joining the various local-level action committees, which had been on the warpath against the project during the last three months. Many action committee leaders are in the fray in the local body polls, mainly under the banner of the UDF. Concerns about possible displacement of families along the proposed alignment of the project have emerged as the main campaign topic in at least six local body institutions, including Chemancherry, Moodadi, Thikkodi, Chorode, etc.

According to the district-level action committee, as many as 3,000 families will have to be displaced in the district alone for the SilverLine project implemented by Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail).

“The K-Rail project has become the most important poll issue in local body institutions from Elathur to Chorode in the district. The threat of displacement has created serious concern among people and it will have an impact in the poll outcome in many wards,” T T Ismail, chairman of Anti-K-Rail Janakeeya Samithi, said.

He added that people belonging to all political parties along the affected areas are part of the agitation. Leaders of opposition political parties, including Congress leader Oommen Chandy, and others have made it a point to visit the venue of agitation during their campaign visits.

1...372373374...682Page 373 of 682